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@@ -5,19 +5,6 @@ git-annex should use smudge/clean filters.
* Intermittent sqlite related test suite failures, with:
Exception: failed to commit changes to sqlite database: Just SQLite3 returned ErrorIO while attempting to perform step.
sqlite worker thread crashed: SQLite3 returned ErrorError while attempting to perform step.
-
-* Dropping a smudged file causes git status (and git annex status)
- to show it as modified, because the timestamp has changed.
- Getting a smudged file can also cause this.
- Upgrading a direct mode repo also leaves files in this state.
- User can use `git add` to clear it up, but better to avoid this,
- by updating stat info in the index.
- (May need to use libgit2 to do this efficiently, cannot find
- any plumbing except git-update-index, which is very inneficient for
- smudged files.)
- ** This causes some test suite failures; git merge fails when files
- are in this state **
-
* Reconcile staged changes into the associated files database, whenever
the database is queried. This is needed to handle eg:
git add largefile
@@ -32,6 +19,15 @@ git-annex should use smudge/clean filters.
(And should avoid unlocking an object with a hard link if it's hard
linked to a shared clone, but that's already accomplished because it
avoids unlocking an object if it's hard linked at all)
+* Dropping a smudged file causes git status (and git annex status)
+ to show it as modified, because the timestamp has changed.
+ Getting a smudged file can also cause this.
+ Upgrading a direct mode repo also leaves files in this state.
+ User can use `git add` to clear it up, but better to avoid this,
+ by updating stat info in the index.
+ (May need to use libgit2 to do this efficiently, cannot find
+ any plumbing except git-update-index, which is very inneficient for
+ smudged files.)
* Crippled filesystem should cause all files to be transparently unlocked.
Note that this presents problems when dealing with merge conflicts and
when pushing changes committed in such a repo. Ideally, should avoid